{"Overview":{"Id":15804,"ExtId":"12091829000003","Title":"House of Commons Commission","HRSTag":"hs_6bDepartment","Date":"2012-09-18T00:00:00","Location":"Written Corrections","House":"Commons","Source":3,"VolumeNo":550,"ContentLastUpdated":"2016-03-04T21:16:10.67","DebateTypeId":4,"SectionType":4,"NextDebateExtId":"","NextDebateTitle":"","PreviousDebateExtId":"12091829000002","PreviousDebateTitle":"Defence"},"Navigator":[{"Id":15801,"Title":"Ministerial Corrections","ParentId":null,"SortOrder":1,"ExternalId":"f0c40093-791c-45ac-8cf2-ec196b2e9204","HRSTag":null,"HansardSection":null,"Timecode":null},{"Id":15804,"Title":"House of Commons Commission","ParentId":15801,"SortOrder":4,"ExternalId":"12091829000003","HRSTag":"hs_6bDepartment","HansardSection":"1-2","Timecode":null}],"Items":[{"ItemType":"Contribution","ItemId":22150048,"MemberId":null,"AttributedTo":null,"Value":"Written Questions","OrderInSection":1,"Timecode":null,"ExternalId":"12091829000005","HRSTag":"hs_8Correction","HansardSection":"1-2","UIN":null,"IsReiteration":false},{"ItemType":"Contribution","ItemId":21247915,"MemberId":534,"AttributedTo":"Chris Ruane","Value":"To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2012, Official Report, column 320W, on written questions, how many written questions were tabled on average per day, including non-sitting days (a) in each session since 2005-06 and (b) from the introduction of the restriction on e-tabling to date.\r\n\r\n[Official Report, 14 September 2012, Vol. 550, c. 433W.]\r\n\r\nLetter of correction from John Thurso:\r\n\r\nAn error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd (Chris Ruane) on 14 September 2012.\r\n\r\nThe full answer given was as follows:","OrderInSection":2,"Timecode":null,"ExternalId":"12091829000017","HRSTag":"Question","HansardSection":"1-2","UIN":"121098","IsReiteration":false},{"ItemType":"Contribution","ItemId":21247916,"MemberId":1399,"AttributedTo":"John Thurso","Value":"The information requested is as follows.\r\n\r\n(a) The following table shows the number of written questions tabled on average per sitting day in each session since 2005-06:\r\n\r\n

Time period

Number of sitting days

Number of WPQs tabled

Average

Session 2005-06 (17 May 2005 to 8 November 2006)

208

97,201

467

Session 2006-07 (15 November 2006 to 30 October 2007)

146

58,837

403

Session 2007-08 (6 November 2007 to 26 November 2008)

165

75,000

455

Session 2008-09 (3 December 2008 to 12 November 2009)

139

57,054

410

Session 2009-10 (18 November 2009 to 8 April 2010)

601

24,093

402

Session 2010-12 (25 May 2010 to 1 May 2012)

295

98,256

333

Session 2012-13 to date (9 May 2012 to 7 September 2012)

39

13,350

342

\r\n\r\n(b) The restriction on the number of e-tabled questions was introduced at the rising of the House on 21 October 2011. During the period 24 October 2011 to 7 September 2012, the number of sitting days was 125, the number of written questions tabled was 40,322. The number of written questions tabled on average per sitting day over this period was 323.\r\n\r\nAverages are calculated against sitting days only (information is not readily available to disaggregate questions tabled on sitting and non-sitting days over this timeframe).\r\n\r\nThe correct answer should have been:","OrderInSection":3,"Timecode":null,"ExternalId":"12091829000022","HRSTag":"hs_Para","HansardSection":"1-2","UIN":null,"IsReiteration":false},{"ItemType":"Contribution","ItemId":21247917,"MemberId":1399,"AttributedTo":"John Thurso","Value":"The information requested is as follows.\r\n\r\n(a) The following table shows the number of written questions tabled on average per sitting day in each session since 2005-06:\r\n\r\n

Time period

Number of sitting days

Number of WPQs tabled

Average

Session 2005-06 (17 May 2005 to 8 November 2006)

208

97,201

467

Session 2006-07 (15 November 2006 to 30 October 2007)

146

58,837

403

Session 2007-08 (6 November 2007 to 26 November 2008)

165

75,000

455

Session 2008-09 (3 December 2008 to 12 November 2009)

136

57,054

420

Session 2009-10 (18 November 2009 to 8 April 2010)

69

24,093

349

Session 2010-12 (25 May 2010 to 1 May 2012)

295

98,256

333

Session 2012-13 to date (9 May 2012 to 7 September 2012)

39

13,350

342

\r\n\r\n(b) The restriction on the number of e-tabled questions was introduced at the rising of the House on 21 October 2011. During the period 24 October 2011 to 7 September 2012, the number of sitting days was 125, the number of written questions tabled was 40,322. The number of written questions tabled on average per sitting day over this period was 323.\r\n\r\nAverages are calculated against sitting days only (information is not readily available to disaggregate questions tabled on sitting and non-sitting days over this timeframe).","OrderInSection":4,"Timecode":null,"ExternalId":"12091829000053","HRSTag":"hs_Para","HansardSection":"1-2","UIN":null,"IsReiteration":false}],"ChildDebates":[]}